... Build another 'fighter.
After my CBR blew up on me at 150mph, I figured I'd get an "interim" bike for cheap and found my Bandit. I'd been hoping the CBR would last me until next year, when I had my credit mostly fixed up and I could rebuild it by buying a newish sportbike with a personal loan. Alas, the CBR could only take so much of a beating after 50K+ miles of redline riding.
The Bandit has been serving me well, but I still want to get another bike. I want a literbike! I've been riding for four years and over 80K miles, I'm more than ready! (But not financially.) So my original idea was to get a 'Busa, or an '05 ZX10R (in Kawi Green!). But now, after building a mild 'fighter, and seeing all these frickin' BADASS bikes on this site and elsewhere....
... I'm atually considering picking up a crashed literbike for a few thousand, something only a couple of years old, and using the money I would have spent on the ZX10 to mod the living crap out of it.
My reasonable side says I'm crazy, but I find the prospect of buildiing up a real streetfighter - gobs of power, modern-day handling, solo seat, absurdly loud exhaust - really exciting. I would just need it to not be my only ride as there will be downtime while I mod things on it. I'd have my Bandit so I'd be golden.
I can't do this right now - I need to move the 'rents to a better neighborhood and find a better place for myself as well - but the gears are turning. And yes, I can mostly thank (blame?) ya'll for this crazy, crazy thought :wtf:
After my CBR blew up on me at 150mph, I figured I'd get an "interim" bike for cheap and found my Bandit. I'd been hoping the CBR would last me until next year, when I had my credit mostly fixed up and I could rebuild it by buying a newish sportbike with a personal loan. Alas, the CBR could only take so much of a beating after 50K+ miles of redline riding.
The Bandit has been serving me well, but I still want to get another bike. I want a literbike! I've been riding for four years and over 80K miles, I'm more than ready! (But not financially.) So my original idea was to get a 'Busa, or an '05 ZX10R (in Kawi Green!). But now, after building a mild 'fighter, and seeing all these frickin' BADASS bikes on this site and elsewhere....
... I'm atually considering picking up a crashed literbike for a few thousand, something only a couple of years old, and using the money I would have spent on the ZX10 to mod the living crap out of it.
My reasonable side says I'm crazy, but I find the prospect of buildiing up a real streetfighter - gobs of power, modern-day handling, solo seat, absurdly loud exhaust - really exciting. I would just need it to not be my only ride as there will be downtime while I mod things on it. I'd have my Bandit so I'd be golden.
I can't do this right now - I need to move the 'rents to a better neighborhood and find a better place for myself as well - but the gears are turning. And yes, I can mostly thank (blame?) ya'll for this crazy, crazy thought :wtf: